Looking beyond the glasses

Thursday evening, all of a sudden I started having stress in front of monitor and the next day I found myself sitting in a clinic waiting for the doctor to come. And then my eyes met with the random alphabets in different sizes placed at a distance from a chair, on which I was supposed to sit and read, in presence of the doctor.

It took me in the memory lanes years back when I was in my 10th standard, and I found myself sitting with my dad waiting for my turn to come for an eyes checkup. I was having severe watering problem and I knew seeing my condition, a recommendation for specs were inevitable. But in no case I was going to accept it. I just culdn't imagine what will my friends say after seeing me with specs. Typical problem with teenage. I obviously cudn't bribe the doctor, and he definitely couldn't understand my problem, even if I had dared to explain it in presence of my dad. And in this helpless situation, those small, big alphabets flashed in my eyes and I knew what am I going to do. Next 5-10 minutes I spent in remembering them by heart in those particular orders. When my turn came, I was so confident in reading them, that doctor found himself with no option but to perscribe just some medicines. This is how I got my first escape from the glasses. Just the reverse happened in my 11th standard. I had a chapter in my English curriculum 'Looking beyond the glasses' where the author narrates his first time experience of wearing the spectacles in the most beautiful manner, portraying it like best ever happened thing in life, and soon I realized I was dying for it. But my eyes won't betray me this time and I never got the chance.

So thinking, this is my chance to see the world thru specs, I was all excited. But doctor just advised me to use anti-glare screen and some eyes exercise for a couple of weeks. Today morning I went for the first exercise. It was sort of funny. I was shown a boy and a girl with a tree in between and asked to rotate some screw till I can see two trees. I rotated it till the end, yet there was a single tree. Dr. insisted, it should be two. I was about to suggest her, there are other ways to make a thing look two or three;), if that's the hardcore requirement. Anyway I 'njoyed it. But in the evening also it happened like that and she told me that I have a vision better than normal people, so no exercise for me :( Seems like I'll have to wait for some more time. But I've managed to order for the antiglare glasses in this whole episode. Happy Seeing!